Road-drag.



B. I. CHURCH.

ROAD DRAG.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22. 1914.

1,191,155. Patented July 18, 1916.

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ROAD-DRAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 22,1914. Serial No. 846,637.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN I. CHURCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Traverse City, in the county of Grand Traverse, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Road-Drags; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in road machines, and particularly to drags for scraping and smoothing the surface of the road.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple device of this character which will effectively scrape and smooth the surface of the road and which will conform to the water shed contour of the road bed.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawingszFigure 1 is a plan View of a drag made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig; 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail on the line 4.4 of Fig.1.

Referring particularly tothe accompanying drawings, 10 represents a plurality of parallel and longitudinally arranged drag bars which are joined together at their ends and at intermediate points by the links 11, these links being loosely connected with the beams. Secured to the under face of each of the bars is a plurality of laterally extend-' ing and obliquely arranged strips 12, each of which is provided with a metal shoe 13 for scraping contact with the road surface.

rections. As clearly shown, each of the bars is provided with a series of thesestrips, the outer ends of the strips of each bar being disposed behind those of the adjacent bar. The forward ends of the bars are connected to a transverse draft beam 14 by means of the chains 15, which beam carries a .draft evener 16.

Patented Ju -1s, 1916.

By this arrangement, the bars Will adjust themselves to the transversecurvature of the road, and thus scrape the road in a more efficient manner than the rigid drags heretofore provided. The rigid drag has a tendency to flatten the road bed in places which destroys the water shedding contour of the removably mounted transversely extending road engaging scraping elements carried by the drag bars and extending obliquely to the line of movement thereof, the outer ends of the said scraping elements of each drag bar extending beyond the opposite sides of the bar in alternate opposite relation, and between the scraping elements of the adjacent bars, the scraping elements of certain of the bars extending obliquely opposite to those of the other bars.

In-testimony whereof, I affix my signa- "ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN I. CHURCH.

5 Witnesses:

LENA L. CHURCH, GUY F. MILLER.

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Washington, D. c." 

